PENANCE by Daniel O'Shea

by | Nov 27, 2013 | Books, Reviews

PENANCE Exhibit A Books April 30th, 2013 Characters are important. Characters are tricky. For example: If your rugged hero suddenly starts singing show tunes in the middle of a gunfight, it won’t ring true and youﾒve lost your reader. Now, take that challenge...

Cooking With Crimespree: Kathleen Ernst

by | Nov 26, 2013 | Features

The plot of my latest Chloe Ellefson mystery takes place at Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum in Decorah, Iowa. When considering a murder weapon, I decided to use something fundamentally Norwegian—a lefse pin. Lefse is a round flatbread made with mashed or riced...

TRUE DETECTIVE: Meet Cohle and Hart

by | Nov 26, 2013 | TV

On Jan 12th, TRUE DETECTIVE debuts on HBO. The series stars Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson as Louisiana detectives Rust Cohle and Martin Hart, whose lives collide and entwine during a 17-year hunt for a killer, ranging from the original investigation of a...

Gavin O'Connor attached to TELL NO ONE

by | Nov 25, 2013 | Features

Gavin O’Connor is the latest director attached to TELL NO ONE. His name has come up as word that Ben Affleck has departed the project. TNO is based on a book by Harlan Coben, but the very successful French adaption was what got Hollywood got looking at TNO again. It...

Pet Spotlight: Nancy Tesler

by | Nov 25, 2013 | Pet Spotlight

COMFORT ZONE Dogs and cats to me are like sweets to a food addict. Give a few pieces of fudge to a depressed foodaholic and the endorphins surge. Happiness follows. Pets do that for me.  They are my comfort food. I like to use them in my mysteries for the same...

Lisa Unger's IN THE BLOOD Tour.

by | Nov 24, 2013 | Events

After the holidays, Lisa Unger will hit the road to promote IN THE BLOOD. Lana Granger lives a life lies. She has told so many lies about where she comes from and who she is that the truth is like a cloudy nightmare she can’t quite recall. About to graduate from...